A Mistake Mate novel Chapter 66

"He's the one who cheated on me." I said stubbornly. Cole clenched his jaw and took a deep breath.

"And that's the thing. If you would just listen to what he has to say, listen to his explanation then none of this would be happening right now." Cole stated. I bit my lip and looked away from his angry face.

"There is nothing to listen to, he cheated on me, there's no explanation." I argued. It hurt saying it out loud. I could see that Cole was only getting more angry as I spoke but he contained it well.

"He didn't cheat on you! You just think he because your being stupid and refuse to even let him talk to you! You think that your the one who's hurting the most right now but I can assure you that your not. Now I have never seen my best friend cry because he's tougher then a nail but he's been a crying, blubbering mess this past week. He's the one hurting right now because his mate is convinced that he did something he didn't and she won't even give him the chance to explain himself. So stop pitying yourself and think about somebody besides yourself."

Coles outbreak left me completely speechless but even if I could have conjured up something to say I wouldn't have been able to because right after he finished his angry speech he got up and stormed out of the room. I've never seen Cole so angry before, he's usually the funny, happy all the time, guy but this was something entirely new.

I had to blink multiple times before I was able to process what he had just said. His words hurt but I knew that I had to consider what he had said. I also knew that if he was speaking the truth then I had a lot of things that needed to be done, starting with speaking to Xander.

*Paisley's POV*

My mind was still racing from the conversation that I had just had with Cole. Though he left over half an hour ago I hadn't moved from my spot on the bed and I had been simply staring off into space.

"I know that you don't want to and I understand why, your hurt, but so is he. It's killing him you know, the way your treating him. I see him everyday and I can also see what an impact this is having on him. I heard everything Cole said to you and though he was a bit harsh everything he said was true." Dad finished looking over at me.

I bit my bottom lip before slowly turning my eyes towards him. The expression on his face was completely serious and it only worsened the ever growing guilt that was building inside of me.

"I know that I need to speak with him. I can feel his pain through our bond as I'm sure he can feel mine but it just doesn't make any sense. There's no reasonable explanation to what I saw." I ended my explanation. My dad stared at me intently, as if he was looking for something, and when he finally spoke again he did so with a small smile on his face.

"You may not think that there is an explanation but I promise you that if you just speak to the him this whole thing will be cleared up. That boy loves you Paisley, he would never do something like that to you." And as soon as the words left his mouth I finally felt something besides pity for myself, I felt determination.